When Given a List of Items to Remember, People Tend

question 14

Multiple Choice

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the

• A) phi phenomenon.
• B) recency effect.
• C) chunking effect.
• D) primacy effect.
• E) impression effect.

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